The part-born film from Ralph Bakshi, this ugly, rotoscoped version of Lord of the Rings highlights just how good Peter Jackson's vision is

genre

Animation | Fantasy

synopsis

An animated fantasy film from 1978 based on the first half of J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novel. The film was mainly filmed using rotoscoping, meaning it was filmed in live action sequences with real actors and then each frame was individually animated.